What's the proper way of obtaining an account on CPAN?

Question

Can you please tell me the steps I need to follow in order to obtain an account on CPAN? I'd like to contribute some modules. A while back, I tried to create an account, and I remember I got back a mail containing some of this text:

The following links are only valid for PAUSE maintainers: and there were 2 links :

• Registration form with editing capabilities:

and

• Immediate (one click) registration:

I remember I clicked on the Immediate registration but it asked me for a username & password.I did not knew how to go on from there. Was I going in the wrong direction? Does anyone have a step by step account registration tutorial?

Answer 1

It's been so long since I created my CPAN account that I almost forgot. But you need to go to http://pause.perl.org/ and click "Request a PAUSE Account". PAUSE is the upload backend for CPAN, and from there you can register your account, create a new module, etc.

Answer 2

Follow the steps from the CPAN FAQ PAUSE FAQ. You need to supply a user name and a password to create an account.

When I registered a couple years ago, the first email I got was a simple acknowledgement that I requested an account. The second email was to welcome me as a new user; it notified me of an auto-generated password, and requested me to change my password.

It looks like you might be able to track your progress from this website: PAUSE. Search for your user name.

I also ran a SuperSearch on PerlMonks to see if others have had problems with PAUSE. This is what turned up:

PAUSE ID

Is PAUSE working?

Answer 3

The perldoc for perlnewmod is a good starting point, and includes all the instructions you will need to setup your module properly for CPAN.

Answer 4

Send email to [email protected] for assistance. Browse the archives for your PAUSE id application.